The United Nations refugee agency urged European nations to form a unified response to the persistent migrant crisis after rescue groups assisted more than 2,000 migrants at sea over the weekend.

The Italian coast guard said it rescued more than 2,500 migrants on Saturday and Sunday. Eight migrants died, and another 52 others remain missing. On Friday, Doctors without Borders said it rescued 716 migrants and confirmed one death. The migrants were traveling from war-torn Libya to Europe. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on Monday deported the last of four Indonesian Christians detained last month in New Jersey when they showed up for a routine check-in.

Officials rejected a stay of removal application for Oldy Manopo on Friday. Manopo left the country hours after the Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale, who had advocated for the men, rallied with other supporters outside the detention center where Manopo was staying. Manopo previously lived with his daughter’s family and helped take care of his 4-month-old grandson.

PHILIPPINES: Nine Christians were shot dead at a checkpoint and 14 are being held hostage as violence by Muslim extremist groups erupted in the Mindanao community of Marawi. Here are scenes of the violence (“They dimmed the lights to burn us down”), plus word on some of the hostages.

BRITAIN’s threat level has been raised to “critical” after a suicide bombing at a Manchester concert killed 22 and wounded at least 59. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack and promised further attacks “on the worshipers of the Cross and their allies.”

An explanation of the ISIS claim of responsibility.

As the U.S. tightens immigration enforcement, officials have deported an Indonesian Christian back to a country grappling with persistent Christian persecution.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on Thursday morning put Arino Massie on a plane back to Indonesia. ICE detained Massie and three other Indonesian Christian men earlier this month when they came for their annual routine check-in. Massie’s lawyer had applied for a stay of removal, but the court rejected it.

RUSSIA: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met this morning with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, and you just have to read the transcript.

Supporters of Gov. Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama gathered today outside a Jakarta prison where officials ordered him to serve a two-year term following last month’s blasphemy conviction. Today’s sentence came as a surprise after prosecutors recommended two years of probation.